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• Series: Punisher: War Zone

Sutter apologizes for perceived slights re: 'Punisher: War Zone'

Screenwriter Kurt Sutter has taken another pass at wrapping up his involvement with 'Punisher: War Zone'.

To recap: on February 14th Sutter posted on his blog that he was not going to seek a writing credit for the film, and made some pointed observations about the quality of the script. Then on February 15th, he clarified his position on things.

Yesterday, Sutter realized that his criticism of the script may have unfairly insulted the writers working on the film and posted yet another entry:

On my blog, I listed the reasons why I didn't want credit. In my opinion, this script is dry and formulaic. It's a traditional comic book movie. Which I added, is not a bad thing, it's just not the kind of movie I would write. I know the producers went back to the script before my rewrite, which was Nick Santora's draft, and passed that on to the next team of writers. My comments made the presumption that the final draft was the work of the two guys that came after Nick and I -- Marcum and Holloway. In my entry, I said "the story was simple and the dialog was very obvious". That's the truth. Now if someone said that about my writing, I'd probably stab them in the throat. So when I heard from inside sources that Matt and Art did not have the final pass on the script, I realized that I owed these guys an apology. Although I know that scripts have many writers that come in at the end, the presumption in my blog was that Matt and Art were responsible for what I read. Apparently the writer responsible for the less than organic dialog has not been submitted for arbitration. So I apologize to Matt and Art for the presumed disrespect. I've got no problem rattling a cage with the truth, but I don't want to ever be accused of maligning someone with lies and half-facts.

I just want this movie to come out, do well... and go away. We've all been punished enough.

EDITOR'S NOTE The headline of his article was adjusted at 11pm ET after we realized Sutter had posted one final blog emphasizing exactly what the apology was about.